Students in Poll Happy as Jews, Israeli Citizens Right to Differ, Israel's Latest Confrontations and the Issues Over Security JERUSALEM (ZINS) — If it were possible for you to be born again, would you want to be born a Jew? If it were possible for you to be born again, would you want to be born an Israeli? These questions were posed to 1,875 eleventh graders in 35 high schools in Israel, by a team of investigators headed by Prof. Simon Her- man of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Some 86 percent of the religious pupils and 81 percent of the non-religious pupils replied they would want to be born Israelis. Only seven percent of the religious pupils and five percent of the non-religious pupils replied in the negative. To the question of wanting to be born a Jew again, 97 percent of the religious pupils and 62 percent of the secular pupils replied in the affirmative as against one percent of the religious pupils and six percent of the non-religious replying in the negative. Being an Israeli plays an important role among 56 percent of the religious pupils and 49 percent of the non-religious. THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Commentary, Page 2 of Jewish Events Robert Gordis' 'Love and Sex': A Prescription for Moderns Review on Page 56 Begin R etains securi ty pol icy With VOL. LXXIII, No. 4 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $12.00 Per Year: This Issue 30' March 31, 1978 U Editorial Comment `Traps for Diplomats,' `Jewish Constituents' and the State of Israel American Jewry is presently blinking in the limelight. Every issue confronting Israel is presently dissected not from the viewpoint of the Middle East alone but with equal forcefulness in relation to the concerns the Jews are show- ing in the security of the Jewish state. And because Israel is with abnormality referred to as "the Jewish state," Jews being in the overwhelming majority there, the Jew who fulfills the duty of striving for security for that nation is treated as a partner as well as co-religionist and is now under scrutiny. The reason for the scrutiny stems from the recognized fact that every threat to Israel becomes a matter of concern for Jews wherever they may be. When there is suspicion that an element in the government headed by President Jimmy Carter is believed to be leaning towards Israel's antagonists they have not only the right but also the duty to protest and to intercede in defense of their fellow Jews who happen to be Israelis. When there were threats to Jewish communities in times of crises overseas, American Jews always exercised the right of protest accompanied by de- mands for action on behalf of the oppressed and threatened. Why is the current situation different from earlier ones? Never before had the charge of anti-Semitism been in- jected into a situation involving Jewish intercession in behalf of their fellow Jews. In the present one the term is bandied around. This calls for added action in Jewish ranks (Continued on Page 5) JERUSALEM — The Knesset gave a firm vote of confidence to Prime Minister Menahem Begin on Wednesday at the conclusion of a lengthy debate over the Begin government's handling of foreign policy. In a vote that followed party lines, the Begin government was supported by a vote of 64-32, with nine abstentions. Begin declared that Israel would stick to its peace plan which, he maintained, was fair and just. He insisted that it had been acceptable to the United States until Egypt turned it down. Begin claimed that the Egyptians would agree to Israel's proposals for a joint declaration of principles once they are convinced that they cannot obtain Israel's agreement to "demands which we have announced from the start we shall not be able to accept." His implication was that there might have been an agreement with Cairo had the U.S. not tilted toward Egypt as he alleged it did. Labor Alignment chairman Shimon Peres, speaking for the opposition, strongly attacked the govern- ment's diplomatic approaches and Begin personally for bringing about a confrontation with the U.S. "Not at the proper time and not on the proper subject." He questioned Begin's claim that the U.S. originally found his peace plan acceptable. When President Carter described the Israeli plan as a fair one it should not have been interpreted as an Ameri- can undertaking to accept it, Peres said. "Begin took what may have been suggested as a start for negotia- tions as an accomplished agreement," he charged. However, Peres said, the Labor Alignment would not move for a vote of no confidence because the MONTREAL (JTA) — The International Civil Av- Americans did not behave properly when Begin was iation Organization (ICAO) has agreed "within the in Washington last week. He appeared to be referring limits of its constitutional responsibilities" to cooper- to reports that the U.S. was actively seeking to depose ate with the United Nations Secretariate's Palesti- the Begin government. Those reports were vehe- nian Committee which the General Assembly set up mently denied by the White House. last year to promote the "inalienable rights" of the Aviation Unit to Work With UN Palestine Group Palestinian people. The decision was taken by a consensus vote of the 30-member ICAO executive council after four days of heated debate in which the United States, Canada, France, and West Germany objected to the inclusion of a political question that had nothing to do with the `1CAO's technical role. The Premier told the Knesset that there were points of agreement and points of difference be- tween Israel and the U.S. over the character of a peace settlement. He said both countries agreed on the nature of peace, including open borders and diplomatic, economic and trade relations (Continued on Page 6) Holocaust TV Show Study Guide Ready NEW YORK — Some 15 major national Jewish or- ganizations have produced a program kit of educational materials to help local Jewish agencies use the upcom- ing NBC Television special on the Holocaust to spur programs and projects in formal and informal Jewish educational settings. "Holocaust" will be aired April 16-19. The kit consists of five booklets — a Family Home Viewing Guide, three study guides for grade school chil- dren, teenagers, college youth and adults, and a booklet that gives a concise history of the Holocaust, a plot summary and a cast of characters of the NBC special, guidelines for using the material, a bibliography, music that reflects the Holocaust, resources, and other infor- mation. Dr. Irving Greenberg, director, National Jewish Conference Center, states in the introduction that the fact that the kit was produced by a "pioneering coalition" of 15 Jewish organizations is itself tes- timony to the reality that "confronting the evil of the Holocaust transcends all religious lines or or- ganizational self interest." - The Jewish inter-agency project is being coordinated Kristallnacht, Nov. 9-10, 1938 (Continued on Page 5)